New Discord username policy raises user privacy fears

Categories: News

Tags: Discord

Tags: privacy

Tags: username

Tags: discriminator

Tags: DM

Tags: bot

Tags: chat

Tags: change

Tags: changing

Tags: server

Tags: hijack phish

Tags: private

We take a look at the reaction to Discord’s proposed changes to how usernames work, and why many users aren’t happy with the upcoming alterations.

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How to spot and avoid a tech support scam

Categories: Awareness

Categories: Personal

Categories: Scams

Tags: Tech Support Scams

Tags: Malwarebytes

Tags: impersonating

Tags: screen lockers

Tags: fake warnings

Tags: remote access

Tech support scams are an ongoing nuisance. Knowing how they operate helps you to recognize them.

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Ransomware attack on MSI led to compromised Intel Boot Guard private keys

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: MSI

Tags: Intel

Tags: Boot Guard

Tags: firmware updates

Tags: Money Message

The leaked data after the ransomware attack on MSI includes private keys which could be used to bypass Intel Boot Guard

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Brightline breach hits at least 964,000 people, US records show

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Brightlight

Tags: GoAnywhere MFT

Tags: data breach

Tags: Cl0p

Following the Cl0p ransomware gang’s attacks that leveraged Fortra’s GoAnywhereMFT software tool, behavioral health provider Brightline informed customers about a data breach related to the attacks.

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Feds Take Down 13 More DDoS-for-Hire Services

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 09 May 2023 14:05:44 +0000

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week seized 13 domain names connected to “booter” services that let paying customers launch crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Ten of the domains are reincarnations of DDoS-for-hire services the FBI seized in December 2022, when it charged six U.S. men with computer crimes for allegedly operating booters.

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